Voters defeat Weldon schools supplemental tax issue

Details: Lance Martin; News; 04 March 2020; 3517

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Halifax County voters Tuesday defeated a bid by Weldon City Schools to increase the system’s supplemental tax.

The school system had asked for a referendum on the ballot to increase the tax from the current 20 cents per $100 of valuation to the maximum allowable amount of 50 cents per $100 of valuation.

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The measure was defeated, according to unofficial results, by a 774-565 margin.

There were 5,373 people at the time the matter was originally discussed who would be eligible to vote in the referendum.

The school system’s supplemental tax rate has been set at 20 cents per $100 since the 1940s.

In the referendum, several precincts were eligible to vote on the issue — Weldon 1 and 2 precincts which is at Halifax Community College; the Weldon 3 precinct at Mystique Multipurpose Venue on Highway 125; some in the Conoconarra precinct at the Tillery Volunteer Fire Department; the Halifax precinct at the ag auditorium at the courthouse complex; the Faucette precinct at the Darlington Volunteer Fire Department; and the Roanoke Rapids 10 precinct at Becker Manor.

The Weldon City Schools Board of Education approved a petition requesting the referendum last August.

Overall in Halifax County, there was a 27.73 percent voter turnout — 10,115 out of 36,478 registered voters who went to the polls.

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